UK announces new temporary visa scheme after facing a labour shortage

Business Mauritius presents Budget 2023-2024 proposals to Minister Padayachy

Mauritius: Business Mauritius, the coordinating body of around 1,200 local businesses, came forth with its proposals for the upcoming Budget 2023-2024 during a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, yesterday in Port-Louis.

Mauritius holds Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024

Mauritius: Stakeholders from Agriculture, Sugar, IT and Telecommunications industries participate in Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024 stakeholders of the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture (MCA), Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS), Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM), and Mauritius IT Industry Association (MITIA) was held, yesterday, at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, in Port Louis, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy.

SA Army hosts human resources career succession planning Session

South Africa: SA Army Support Formation is currently in Rhemardo Holiday Resort, hosting a Human Resources Succession Planning Session from 20 March 2023 that will end on 24 March 2023.

Dominica hires Nathalie Walsh as Festivals & events manager

Dominica: The Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) announced the appointment of Nathalie Walsh as their new Festivals and Events Manager on March 13, 2023. Walsh is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in event planning and management, as well as a marketing strategy.

UK government announced that the temporary visa scheme for foreign seasonal workers will be extended through the end of 2024, with the limit gradually reduced at the beginning of 2023.

In 2022, the government of the UK will offer 30,000 visas for those workers who work there as fruit pickers, vegetables and flowers. This number could rise to 40,000 in the future.

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However, forming in 2023, the number of visas “will begin to taper down,” according to the government, which also demands “a strategy from the sector to reduce reliance on foreign labour.”

UK government also remarked that the sectors must have to improve their wages and conditions, and it was altering the scheme’s rules to require firms to pay a “minimum salary.”

Hit the suitable balance between the growths to employing and prioritising domestic workers,” said Minister for safe and legal migration, Kevin Foster.

It is visible that the UK is entirely dependent on migrant labour in almost every low-paid sector, including the agriculture sector.

Recently the UK also faced a shortage of Lorry drivers due to a mix of COVID-19, Brexit, and other circumstances. The UK’s lorry driver shortage has impacted petrol stations, supermarkets and left containers piled up at Felixstowe Port, unable to be moved.

According to Britain’s transport secretary, it is a “fabricated” problem. He blamed a trade group ( which he did not name) for leaking information regarding a driver shortage at fuel companies, which revealed during a private meeting with BP (British Petroleum) warned the government. It only had two-thirds of the typical forecourt stock levels required for smooth operation.

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In September 2021, the government also announced that they are offering 10,500 visas in a month as they are facing a shortage of lorry drivers and poultry workers to ease a vast shortfall hitting fuel supplies.

Business Mauritius presents Budget 2023-2024 proposals to Minister Padayachy

Mauritius: Business Mauritius, the coordinating body of around 1,200 local businesses, came forth with its proposals for the upcoming Budget 2023-2024 during a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy, yesterday in Port-Louis.

Mauritius holds Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024

Mauritius: Stakeholders from Agriculture, Sugar, IT and Telecommunications industries participate in Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting 2023-2024 stakeholders of the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture (MCA), Mauritius Sugar Syndicate (MSS), Outsourcing and Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM), and Mauritius IT Industry Association (MITIA) was held, yesterday, at the Conference Room of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, in Port Louis, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Renganaden Padayachy.

SA Army hosts human resources career succession planning Session

South Africa: SA Army Support Formation is currently in Rhemardo Holiday Resort, hosting a Human Resources Succession Planning Session from 20 March 2023 that will end on 24 March 2023.

Dominica hires Nathalie Walsh as Festivals & events manager

Dominica: The Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) announced the appointment of Nathalie Walsh as their new Festivals and Events Manager on March 13, 2023. Walsh is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in event planning and management, as well as a marketing strategy.

Energy Minister highlights innovative solutions to manage water resources

Mauritius: The collaboration of the public and private sectors to accelerate and catalyse the adoption of innovative and technology-driven solutions to manage scarce water resources was highlighted by the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, today, in Ebène.

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